Pen-holder



(No Model.)

A. T.4 CHURCH.

PEN HOLDER.

No. 368,651. Patented Aug. 23, 1887.

MNSJG @Jag Unire@ STATES ALVIN TAYLOR CHURCH,

or FARMINGTON, Iowa.

PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,651, dated August23, 1887.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ALVIN TAYLOR CHURCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Farmington, in the county of Van Buren and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen-Holders; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in pen-holders, and has for itsobject to so construct the holder of the pen that it shall serve as anexternal lever upon the handle to bind the pen thereon without weakeningthe handle, and at the saine time provide means for such perfect releaseof the pen when the lever is reversed that the soiled and worn-out pencan be thrown or shaken off without handling and soiling the fingers.

Heretofore in the construction of pen-hold ers provided with a lever forholding the pen the holder has been so slit or bored for the inAsertionor attachment of the lever as to greatly weaken its parts, andprovide recesses and cavities in which the backflowing ink accumulatesand dries around the lever, rendering the operation of releasing the penvery difficult without breaking ,the holder,on account of the dried inkin the recesses after a short period of time has elapsed.

The main object of my improvement is to overcome these objections by astrong and much more simple device than has been used heretofore; andthe invention consists in the construction hereinafter described, andmore particularly pointed out in the claims.

. Referring tothe drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved pen-holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing thepen secured in the holder. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional viewshowing the pen released and the lever tilted away from the holder. Fig.4L is a perspective view 0f the detached lever.

Like letters of reference refer to corresponding parts in each figure ofthe drawings.

A represents the handle or holder, made of wood, rubber, ivory, bone,cork, or other suitable materiaLof any desired length, having its llowerportion, a, slightly reduced in diameter and beveled on its under sidenear its lower end, at C, to its lower extremity. On the' upper part ofthe reduced portion c of the holder there is a ring, B, upset in itslower part to form an enlarged socket, b, on its inside to receive andhold the arm of the lever, said ring being adapted to slide up and downon the reduced portion of the holder.

D represents a lever having its body d made in the form of a ring,adapted to loosely encircle and fit the reduced portion a of the holder.From near the front and upper portion of the body of the lever there isa leverarm, c, extending upward and backward, terminating in a dullpoint at some distance from the body. From the rear lower portion of thebody cl there is extended downward and forward a lip, e, of the samecontour of the pen E and handle, for clasping the pen upon the handle.This lip is beveled on its lower end to conform substantially to thelower reduced portion of the holder.

The lever D is placed on the reduced portion a of the handle, so thatthe lower end of the`lip e shall come even with the lower end. of thebeveled portion C of the holder, and then indentations fare made in theside of the upper portion of the body d with a suitable instrument,compressing the projections of the metal of the body made by theindentations into the sides of the material of the handle, therebyforming a pivot, upon which the lever swings.

When it is desired to use a handle of metal, bone, ivory, vulcanite,gutta-percha, or of other material that cannot be indented with themetal of the lever, slight holes may be madein its sides before placingthe lever on the holder, and then the metal of the body of the leverdepressed into the holes to form the pivotal bearing.

In operation, the socket-ring B is slid upward on the reduced portion aof the holder, releasing the lever-arm c, which drops down behind theholder, thereby raising the lip e to a distance above and in front ofthe lower end sufficient to enable the worn and soiled pen to be thrownout without handling and to provide a free opening for the insertion ofa new one. The lip e of the body is then brought down upon the pen asthe lever-arm c is forced IOO up against the handle, holding the penrigidly in position, while the ring B is slipped down, receiving andholding the upper end of the lever-arm within its socket.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is"

l. A pen-holder reduced in diameter in its lower portion, having a leverencircling the end of said reduced portion, pivotally connected theretoby projections formed by indentations in the lever which take into thesides of the body of the holder, said lever being adapted to clamp andhold apen upon the holder, as set forth.

2. The combination, `with a pen-holder reduced in diameter in its lowerportion, having a lever encircling the reduced portion and pivotallyconnected thereto by projections formed by indentations in the leverwhlch take into the sides of the holder, said lever having an arm on itsunder side extending backward, of a Sliding ring on the reduced portion,upset, forming a socket at its lower end to receive the lever-arm, as'set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVIN TAYLOR CHURCH.

Witnesses:

GEQC. NASH, L. L. THERME.

